# Vertical distance oddity

**URL:** <https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/vertical-distance-oddity/8616>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [January 26, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/vertical-distance-oddity/8616 "2019-01-26T19:15:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jimr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@Jimr](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Jimr)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/vertical-distance-oddity/8616/1 "2019-01-26T19:15:24Z")

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Odd vertical distance… motors r 431 mm from top of work piece. When I set chains zero is 6 inchesbhigh. Plus I am getting identical parts to cut different scales. May be vertical distance problem?

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**Author:** ![bar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bar/32/10_2.png) [@bar](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/bar)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/vertical-distance-oddity/8616/2 "2019-01-27T03:03:53Z")

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My instinct would be to check the distance measured between the motors.

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**Author:** ![Jimr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@Jimr](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Jimr)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/vertical-distance-oddity/8616/3 "2019-01-27T13:46:55Z")

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thank u